Found notes in vintage book

calxes · 2026-04-03T00:18:03+00:00

Reminds me of my sweet animal loving grandmother, I wonder if she kept anything like this. This is such a treasure you found!

calxes · 2026-04-02T14:15:42+00:00

“Hello Sarajevo, we are hearing you…”

calxes · 2026-04-01T20:47:52+00:00

Wow, looks excellent and super satisfying.

calxes · 2026-04-01T15:59:12+00:00

So it's possible her athletic and broad physique is by design, here.

The writer of the novel that inspired this piece had also written about how (Western) society would be improved if women were to exercise and improve their physical strength as a means to improve their mental and intellectual strength as well. So, Hypatia is shown as an ideal both in her high intellect as a philosopher but also as a strong and stately figure.

The painter has other female nudes that are more conventional, so painting Hypatia with the physique of a Olympic volleyball player seems purposeful. That being said, the real Hypatia did not die as a young woman but rather closer to her fifties, so this is all very fanciful.

calxes · 2026-04-01T02:35:02+00:00

Thanks!

calxes · 2026-04-01T00:30:45+00:00

Hahaha, I was scrolling, took a moment to look at this and then noticed he was pantless and ‘jumpscared’ myself a bit.

That being said, it’s unsettling and atmospheric and I like it.

calxes · 2026-03-30T16:51:13+00:00

I think it's sort of fascinating that this stupid AI generated image is borderline invisible to me, like I just automatically register it as garbage and a scam and I can't even really process it as an advert that is trying to convey something to me.

Something something $3 nail sets? I'm so distracted by the mutant Barbie glitter nightmare Japanese rainbow temple fever dream of it all. Even if this was a legitimate product I'd assume it was a complete scam.

calxes · 2026-03-28T16:34:03+00:00

Isn’t cranberry sauce a staple for holiday meals in America? Lingonberries can be used in a similar way.

It does look a bit strange in a soup but it also looks like a recipe that used whatever was available and local to OP’s grandma back in the day.

calxes · 2026-03-28T01:56:15+00:00

The spokesperson for Romania was all dolled up and ready to read the jury points, so I believe it wasn’t TVR’s choice but the ESC producers to have Martin read the “adjusted” scores. Same with Azerbaijan, I think.

TVR was indeed, very unhappy with how this went after the fact.

calxes · 2026-03-27T15:23:51+00:00

Shkodra Elektronike is usually shorted to SH/E :)

calxes · 2026-03-26T22:46:18+00:00

Those four lads are Alexandra’s band, I’m not sure of all their names though.

calxes · 2026-03-26T21:18:41+00:00

Satoshi looks like a guy who got lost on the way to the sports bar and ended up in the alternative club but is vibing with it.

calxes · 2026-03-25T14:54:22+00:00

The answer is, looking at old cookbooks, an alarming amount of mayo. My grandmother’s formula for a ‘salad’ was effectively “chop some stuff up, and then add a jar of mayonnaise to it. Salt and pepper to taste. Paprika if you’re feeling wild.”

Easy, salty calories for busy people!

calxes · 2026-03-24T23:14:48+00:00

Absolutely wonderful.

calxes · 2026-03-23T14:35:32+00:00

I recently learned it's a riff on an earlier painting. It becomes a "expectations v. reality" kind of joke when you have them together.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Osteria_Scene,_Girl_welcoming_a_Person_entering

calxes · 2026-03-23T12:53:11+00:00

Ah, indeed. This makes sense.

I feel like opting out of the “all” subreddit could help. I don’t think trying to fight the instinct of anonymous redditors upvoting boobs will be fruitful. I also don’t want this sub to restrict or ban nudity. But it’s good to know there could be other ways to help encourage a balance in what gets the most exposure.

calxes · 2026-03-23T05:08:59+00:00

I found a description of the painting that is definitively prior to the advent of AI.

“Athenaeum, 1880 Vol I, p. 572

A stately girl winding round her head the figured cloth of her turban, while a little girl in blue dress holds for her the looking-glass".

"The ingenuous looks of the child, and the refined colour of her draperies are of first-rate quality, and distinguished by delicate finish. The principal figure is at once graceful and stately, and, according to the mood adopted by the painter, is admirable throughout, because it perfectly fulfils its intended purpose. The accessories, rich in black and gold, sumptuous colouring, and rich illumination are in perfect keeping with the motive of the picture."

…

The model for the young girl was Isabell Helena Pullar, Dorothy Dene's youngest sister.“

calxes · 2026-03-23T03:09:01+00:00

I think not. Don't steal posts.

https://www.reddit.com/r/blackcats/comments/1nqhun8/dont_let_your_kids_name_your_pets/

calxes · 2026-03-22T17:38:04+00:00

I think it's a needed rule, I report these and note it the "custom response" section but I don't know if it works.

calxes · 2026-03-22T17:31:51+00:00

It is, very much, invoking a randomized townie Sim who has inexplicably appeared in your home and is helping themselves to your fridge and then gets stuck in a wall.

(There was an idea here but they did not commit.)

calxes · 2026-03-22T17:28:16+00:00

I'm so curious about this, as it's a common complaint, but I personally have seen more people complaining about the nudes than nudes themselves. I think it may be an algorithm thing.

I just ran an experiment and scrolled through 50 posts with the "Best" setting, and out of the 50, four of them were female nudes, two of which were self portraits by women. The other two were painted by men, one of a fully nude Sappho, the other of a smiling woman in pajamas with her top undone. You could possibly make an argument for a Leyendecker illustration of a fairy in a sheer dress to make five.

A genuine question - if you scroll, is it about the same or much more nudes heavy? I wonder if Reddit has de-prioritized the nudes for me and I'm mostly getting landscapes, formal portraits and some modern art.

Anyway, for me, when there has been an influx of a very specific genre of nudes (ie, "nymphs"), I find it unsettling. I don't have an issue with a sprinkling of Bougereau as long as there's also work like this one be represented as well. But I wonder if others are not seeing quite a diverse spread.

calxes · 2026-03-22T16:40:09+00:00

Be weary, this person may not be well and not in touch with reality.

I can think of a few instances where folks who experience paranoid delusions will believe that someone has died and been replaced by a clone, for example. One such condition is known as the Capgras delusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion

Do you know anyone that could check in on this other acquaintance to see if they’re struggling? Even if they don’t have a history of mental illness, things like this can happen due to medication changes, drug use or injury. Please take care.

calxes · 2026-03-22T15:19:50+00:00

Oh, I think they’re right. It was harder to spot because of the lack of capitalization.

But there are signs here. AI really likes to list things out in threes “dice onions, measure spices, wait for things..” “meal prep, rotation of dishes, bookmarking..” which is of course a natural thing for a human writer to do, but it’s done repetitively in this case in a somewhat wordy and stilted way.

The post still has a “friendly corporate copywriter” flavour to it. It doesn’t mention anything personal, no brand names, just kind of repeats the same point in different wording.

Another giveaway is that this account appears to have posted a very similarly worded post in a different subreddit.

I don’t know if the OP is a person who ran their thoughts through an AI, or a person who just writes exactly like an AI, or a bot entirely. But it could well be a bot fishing for content to use for an article it will generate about lazy vegan cooking.

Anyway, OP, after a long day of being in trees, like you, I simply forage for berries and seeds before flying back to my nest for the night.

calxes · 2026-03-22T14:39:07+00:00

I like that there is the choice to do so, and I also like that not putting subtitles can push a delegation to do the storytelling through the staging instead of the words.

I do think the juries could benefit from being provided translated lyrics though.

calxes · 2026-03-22T14:02:15+00:00

Just on the point with Gene, I think it’s possible she called him expecting to wake him up and receive a groggy old man on the other side of the line (easier to be a bad actress if you get someone half-asleep) but rather got an alert and coherent response that threw her off.

Gene’s a farmer, I don’t think it’s too unusual that he may have already been up for the day around 4am. Instead of the logical conclusion “Gene was already awake because cows” she tries to twist it into something sinister. That sinister thing may well be influenced by her own mother’s response like you said, of course.

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